While on holiday break from Duke, former Fairhope quarterback Riley Leonard visited his old stomping grounds last week before heading back to campus for the second semester of his sophomore …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/10/23 |
Local athletes continued to add onto a record-setting indoor track season and saw another 34 school records fall between four teams at last weekend’s Ice Breaker Invitational in …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/10/23 |
Alabama’s saltwater anglers have been on a record-setting pace with 11 fish entering the record books from October 2021 to October 2022, and two of those records remained on the books for only …
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By David Rainer
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | 1/10/23 |
When the college football playoff national championship kicks off tonight at SoFi Stadium in California, a strong contingency of Daphne Trojan fans will be cheering on their former quarterback Trent Battle ...
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/9/23 |
GULF SHORES — The Baldwin County boys’ wrestling championship plaque didn’t have to travel far to find its new trophy case after the Gulf Shores Dolphins won their second straight …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/8/23 |
GULF SHORES — With seven individual champions and eight more wrestlers who earned top-four finishes, the Daphne Lady Trojans collected their second straight Baldwin County wrestling …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/7/23 |
Daphne senior Donovan Wilson wasted no time in the new year and announced his commitment to the Huntingdon Hawks basketball program Jan. 1 on social media.
Wilson recently recorded his 1,000th …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/6/23 |
As girls’ wrestling continues to grapple with its emerging status toward becoming a sanctioned sport by the Alabama High School Athletic Association, Baldwin County athletes are at the …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/5/23 |
A trio of Eastern Shore cheerleaders, as well as Foley High School’s mascot Leo the Lion, represented Baldwin County at Varsity All-American events through the Universal Cheerleaders …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/4/23 |
Three of the seven division winners from the Reese’s Senior Bowl Winter Classic golf tournament hailed from Baldwin County. Fairhope’s Miles Miller won the varsity boys’ group, Will …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/3/23 |
About 50 years ago, only 480 nesting pairs of bald eagles were left in the United States, with the last nest in Alabama documented in 1962. Thankfully, a great deal has changed since then, and so …
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By David Rainer
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | 1/3/23 |
After a record-setting, championship-winning year for Baldwin County athletes, the 2023 calendar year has bountiful opportunities for more athletic achievements to be made in the local sports arenas.
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 1/2/23 |
Prior to the Christmas break, students at Bay Minette Elementary School competed in a Volleyball Superbowl.
The competition featured students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. Coaches worked with …
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1/1/23
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With the award-winning photographers on staff, it’s hard to whittle down the best sports photos of the year around Baldwin County but Gulf Coast Media attempted to do just that.
Some of the …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 12/31/22 |
Fairhope junior Trip Duke ended his golf season on a high note with a win in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Tommy Moore Memorial at TPC Louisiana this week.
It marked his third win in the last two months …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 12/31/22 |
The 2022 sports calendar was filled with state championships, all-state recognition and game-winning plays in the final seconds for Baldwin County teams. The county was on display to the entire nation …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 12/29/22 |
DAPHNE — After a year-long nationwide candidate search, Dr. Steve Condon, a longtime chancellor, university president, collegiate athletics director, coach, professor, and higher education …
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12/29/22
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Fairhope alum Riley Leonard finished with 173 passing yards and 63 rushing yards with two touchdowns to earn MVP honors and help the Duke Blue Devils beat Central Florida 30-13 in the Military Bowl …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 12/29/22 |
A trio of Daphne student-athletes confirmed their commitments to college programs during a Dec. 14 ceremony at the high school.
Softball players Kailey Bryant (Bishop State) and Taylor Hunt …
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By Cole McNanna
Sports Editor cole@gulfcoastmedia.com | 12/28/22 |
The Bay Minette City Council recognized two longtime coaches who have both spent more than 30 years on the sidelines of youth sports in Bay Minette.
During the Dec. 5 council meeting, Rec Director …
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12/27/22
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